Lithostratigraphy and carbonate microfacies across the Permian–Triassic boundary near Julfa (NW Iran) and in the Baghuk Mountains (Central Iran)

Permian–Triassic boundary sections in the Julfa (NW Iran) and Abadeh (Central Iran) regions display a succession of three characteristic rock units, (1) the Paratirolites Limestone with the mass extinction horizon at its top, (2) the ‘Boundary Clay’, and (3) the earliest Triassic Elikah Formation wi...

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Published in:	Facies 2014, Vol.60 (1), p.295-325
Main Authors:	Leda, Lucyna, Korn, Dieter, Ghaderi, Abbas, Hairapetian, Vachik, Struck, Ulrich, Reimold, Wolf Uwe
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Biogeosciences Boundaries Calcite Carbonates Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Ecology Factories Geochemistry Geological time Manufacturing engineering Microorganisms Mountains Original Article Paleontology Petrology Sedimentology Sponges Stratigraphy
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Summary:	Permian–Triassic boundary sections in the Julfa (NW Iran) and Abadeh (Central Iran) regions display a succession of three characteristic rock units, (1) the Paratirolites Limestone with the mass extinction horizon at its top, (2) the ‘Boundary Clay’, and (3) the earliest Triassic Elikah Formation with the conodont P–Tr boundary at its base. The carbonate microfacies reveals a facies change, in the sections near Julfa, within the Paratirolites Limestone with an increasing number of intraclasts, Fe–Mn crusts, and biogenic encrustation. A decline in carbonate accumulation occurs towards the top of the unit with a sponge packstone in the sections, and finally resulting in a complete demise of the carbonate factory. The succession of the ‘Boundary Clay’ differs in the two regions; thin horizons of sponge packstone are present in the Julfa region and ‘calcite fans’ of probably inorganic origin in the Abadeh Region. The skeletal carbonate factory of the Late Permian was restored with the deposition of microbial carbonates at the base of the Elikah Formation, where densely laminated bindstone, floatstone with sparry calcite spheres, and oncoid wackestone/floatstone predominate.
ISSN:	0172-9179 1612-4820